(Italian: from the beginning), abbreviated to the letters D.C. at the end of a piece of music or a section of it, means that it should be played or sung again from the beginning or from the beginning up to the sign.

(from the sign) is used as a direction to performers to repeat a piece from a sign written above the music at some point after the beginning.

Decrescendo or Diminuendo

(Italian: growing less) is used as a direction to performers, meaning becoming softer

Is an instrumental composition intended for entertainment, usually in a number of movements.

A part of an opera intended for two voices. It has always been of importance in opera and is often as expressions of love between the two singers in modern repertoire.

are the levels of sound, loud or soft, in a piece of music

The practical uses of an echo effect, sometimes by the sound of the goddess Echo herself, provided additional interest in early Baroque opera. (Soul calls on Heaven for an answer to her question, which comes in syllables derived from the last words)

(=French: élégie) is a lament, either vocal or instrumental

1) It may indicate the togetherness or not togetherness of a group of performers. 2) It may indicate part of a opera that involves a group of singers. 3) It may mean a group of performers

(= German: Zwischenspiel) is an interlude between the acts or scenes of an opera or other such dramatic and musical work, it can also be practical, allowing the the necessary time for changes of scene, if some element of overall continuity is needed

Is a study, intended originally for the technical practice of the player. Chopin, Liszt and later composers elevated it into a significant piece of music, as opposed to a mere vehicle for exercise

In sonata form is the first section of the movement, in which the principal thematic material is announced. In a fugue the voices (parts) enter one by one with the same subject and ends when all the voices have entered.

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Orchestra Terms(D/E)

Term	Definition
Da Capo	(Italian: from the beginning), abbreviated to the letters D.C. at the end of a piece of music or a section of it, means that it should be played or sung again from the beginning or from the beginning up to the sign.
Dal segno	(from the sign) is used as a direction to performers to repeat a piece from a sign written above the music at some point after the beginning.
Decrescendo or Diminuendo	(Italian: growing less) is used as a direction to performers, meaning becoming softer
Divertimento	Is an instrumental composition intended for entertainment, usually in a number of movements.
Duet	A part of an opera intended for two voices. It has always been of importance in opera and is often as expressions of love between the two singers in modern repertoire.
Dynamics	are the levels of sound, loud or soft, in a piece of music
Echo	The practical uses of an echo effect, sometimes by the sound of the goddess Echo herself, provided additional interest in early Baroque opera. (Soul calls on Heaven for an answer to her question, which comes in syllables derived from the last words)
Elegy	(=French: élégie) is a lament, either vocal or instrumental
Ensemble	1) It may indicate the togetherness or not togetherness of a group of performers. 2) It may indicate part of a opera that involves a group of singers. 3) It may mean a group of performers
Entr' acte	(= German: Zwischenspiel) is an interlude between the acts or scenes of an opera or other such dramatic and musical work, it can also be practical, allowing the the necessary time for changes of scene, if some element of overall continuity is needed
Etude	Is a study, intended originally for the technical practice of the player. Chopin, Liszt and later composers elevated it into a significant piece of music, as opposed to a mere vehicle for exercise
Exposition	In sonata form is the first section of the movement, in which the principal thematic material is announced. In a fugue the voices (parts) enter one by one with the same subject and ends when all the voices have entered.

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